The Jadgdragon

Chapter 12: Preparing

"Panzer IV ausf D. ... one of the German's Armored Division's pride... It's a beauty~~~" said Miho as she rubs her cheek agaisnt the surface of the old tank which was indentified as a German Panzer IV with a short barreled 75mm main gun.

Hana seems kind of grossed out as she said "Mi-Miho... do-don't do that...".

The two then saw the Student councilmen just returns to their hangar with a large group of students, who seems to have joined the Sensha-do club aswell.

The other girls, seems to be in groups, as they each wore matching uniform correspond to each team. They seems frustrated as one of them asked "Seriously... Is this the only Tank we have...left?"

Anzu shrugged "Not really, there are other tanks scattered around Ooarai... after we closed the program years ago, they..were kind of...forgotten.."

The girl who wearing the Afrika Korps uniform and officer hat sighs "So are you saying that we...have to look for them?"

Anzu pat her on the shoulder and said "Oh C'mon, how hard could it be?"

A while later, as Miho was walking along the school yard, she can feel someone following her. The girl quickly turn around to see the girl with a short curly dark brown hair hiding behind the tree. The girl jumped once she realized Miho found out she was following her.

Miho awkwardly asked "Uhm... can I...help you?"

The girl shyly said "Oh..I eh.. um... I...miss Nishizumi, my name is Y-Yukari Akiyama.. and ...and..."

The girl, whose name seems to be Yukari then continued in a rapid dialtect "..I'mabigfanofyouandiwaswonderingifIcanjoinyourcrew... please?"

Miho didn't think twice before she gave Yukari a warm smile "Sure"

Yukari eyes were filled with twinkling stars as she bowed "Thank you miss Nishizumi! I won't let you down I promise"

Miho then asked "Yukari, I eh... I'm looking for more tanks for the club... coul..could you help me?"

Yukari shrieked with joy as she replied "Ohmygod-ohmygod-ohmygod-ohmygod~~~ Yess~~~"

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Back at the Hangars...

"Okkk... we got a Panzer 38, a StuG. III Ausf .F, a Type 89 I-Go, and a M3 Lee.. Not bad... not bad at all.." Anzu nodded with content as she look at the gang's finds.

Momo gently touches the surface of the Panzer 38 for a moment before she said "Well then, let's not waste anymore time..."

Anzu nodded strongly with a enthusiastic grin "Yep, we'll take this one"

The Afrika Korps then pointed at the stuG. III and declared "Then our team will take this one.."

There was a another girl in her team with short black hair and a paticular red scarf around her neck,being wore in a manner much like an ancient Roman who look at Miho's crew then said with a calm voice "Oh, since we're gonna be on the same club, might as well introduce ourselves.."

The red scarf girl put one hand on her chest and said "My name Takako Suzuki, but I would prefer to be called Ceasar.."

The Afrika Korps uniform girl then proudly said "Just call me Erwin, I'm In charge of this team"

Then a girl dressing in a volleyball uniform said "We'll take the Type 89... oh by the way, I'm Noriko Isobe"

Then a girl with dark brown hair and eyes, wearing normal school uniform, with a seemingly shy demeanour said "Uh.. I guess there's only the M3 Lee left, so we'll take it... M-my name is Azusa Sawa... Nice to meet you all" before she bowed to everyone.

Anzu then look back at the tanks and said "Ok~~~ now that we've know each other... time to clean these babies"

She then turns to Momo and said "Get me some soaps, brushes, some Tank weekly magazines...and a firetruck.."

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Miho's crew were helping the other crews cleaning their vehicles. Ridiculously, Momo actually got hold of a fire truck and uses it as a water source for the girls.

While most of crews are scrubbing their socks off, Anzu can be seen making herself comfortable on a lounge chair, reading a Tank Weekly magazine.

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After hours of backbreaking hard work, the tanks are sparkly clean. Anzu then said to everyone "Alright guys, good job... The instructor should be here tomorrow,that's when your training will begin, get some shut eyes 'aight?"

Miho can be heard saying "I should stop by that Tank shop... we need a new set of wheels, you guys wanna go with me?"

Yukari's fangirl shriek can be heard from the distance as Miho said it.

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At the tank shop, Miho and the girls was browsing around the shelves. The establishment offers a wide variety of goods, clothes, wheels, military equipments of all sorts, the shop even sells Tank figures.

Seems like the girls haven't found anything that strike their liking yet, however a sudden interview comes up on the shop's TV caught their attention. They saw a girl on the screen, dressed in black Nazi uniform, highly resemble a Gestapo uniform, with similar hair as Miho but with dark brown color. In fact, she's look nearly indentical as Miho, aside from the cold expression on her face as she answer the interviewer's questions.

Miho seems to recognize the girl as she look up, at the TV, with happiness in her eyes.

That night, the girls happily spends a pleasant evening at Miho's apartment before they parted ways.

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The next day...

"Oh no oh no oh no oh no~~~! I'm gonna be late" Miho squeeled as she ran down the stairs after exiting her apartment room.

However, as they reached a intersection, she was stopped in her tracks by a girl, with long hair and a white head band, with Ooarai High uniform, dragging her feet on the pavement sluggishly, as if she was a zombie.

Looking at her from behind scares Miho a bit and hears the girl spoke "Must... Go to school... grades... depends on blowing up tanks...must...fight... the laziness!"

Miho then slowly approach her from behind and asked "Uhm... do you... need some help?"

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It took a while for the three to reach the school's gate, only to find it was nearly closed, with a student standing in front of it.

The student seems to recognized the "lazy" girl as she said "Ugh... not again Mako..."

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Before anyone can say anything, they saw a large, white military transport plane flew close to the ground and precisly dropped a running Tank down in front of the crews without even need to land.

Anzu seems pleased as she said "Just in time... buckle up guys! The Instructor is coming!"